[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                RISK ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1994

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 28, 1994

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak in support of the 
Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994, which Mr. Klein is introducing 
today. The bill establishes a risk assessment peer review program at 
the Environmental Protection Agency, and it requires the program 
director to develop and keep current risk assessment guidelines based 
on up-to-date science. The bill would also establish a pilot program 
using comparative risk analysis to rank environmental risks.
  The introduction of this bill is the result of testimony received by 
the TEA Subcommittee of Science, Space, and Technology from many 
Federal agencies, among them, EPA and OMB. At a time of scarce Federal 
dollars, it makes sense to identify areas of greatest risk and to 
direct our resources to those areas. Sometimes the public perception of 
risk is different from the evaluations of scientists whose lives are 
spent studying and reducing risks. This risk assessment bill 
effectively contributes to the current debate. It deserves our support.

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